Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm in the nineteen fifties and right up until I became a full time official , erm there was generated an opinion that if companies were financially well off , due to the effort of the employees , then there was some formal entitlement for employees in these particular undertakings , to put forward a separate claim at domestic level , to , to enhance their pay . |
| 2 | I think that er one of the things that we had to examine at national level er and this was done erm after I became a full time officer , erm there 'd usually be a procedure in the national agreement er whereby first of all if we registered failure to agree at domestic level , erm with the management , the next stage was to draw in the district secretary . |
| 3 | They when I when I became a full time employer er a full time employee with the union it was all more or less small bakeries . |
| 4 | Then that I got that book back when I became a full time official it was still in the still in the office . |
| 5 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 6 | I 'll get a I got a new time for my er twenty five sprint which was sixteen forty four in one length . |
| 7 | But it 's still the same , but it 's the pains that I got the last time that 's gon it 's like sharp pains that 's going round about , just the insides of the nipple . |
| 8 | I tried the next time with a very dapper man , all pinstripes and umbrella . |
| 9 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
| 10 | I stood looking at the pools of water lying on the pitch , the door of the directors ' Portakabin swinging back and forth on its one remaining hinge , and I recalled the good times , remembered the bad . |
| 11 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |
| 12 | I galloped a few times round the yard after him , then had another go . |
| 13 | That 's why I yelled the second time . |
| 14 | I spent a little time ‘ fishing ’ these to the back and either tying off , or sewing in . |
| 15 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
| 16 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 17 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 18 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 19 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 20 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 21 | From the time that I was about eight , the Boxing Booth acted as a magnet to me and I spent a considerable time gazing in awe as the boxers paraded on the small stage outside the tent , ready to take on all corners . |
| 22 | I spent a happy time in Mavhinje . |
| 23 | I spent the whole time trying to explain the family connection . ’ |
| 24 | Desperate now , I pulled a third time , and a third time the boots slipped . |
| 25 | I swore a few times . |
| 26 | I very nearly took you then and there , standing up , in a cold dark cave … after that I needed a little time to sort through my feelings , sabiha tieghi … ’ |
| 27 | I repeated a few times , and it worked a treat — on a window as well . |
| 28 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 29 | I knew the first time was seldom ideal and I wanted to get past it to the second and third times , and all the times after that , when our love could go forward and mature and develop . |
| 30 | " I wish I knew the exact time , " she said . |